Display cabinet for rugs and other textile fabrics



Sept. 20, 1932.

A. MURPHY DISPLAY CABINET FOR HUGS AND OTHER TEXTILE FABRICS Filed March 51, 19.32 2 Sheets-Sneak. l

TTORNEY A. J. MURPHY DISPLAY CABINET FOR RUGS AND OTHER TEXTILE FABRICS Filed March 51, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 llll l d ul hdn lllllll Io.

Patented Sept. 20, 1932 ALFRED J. MUEPH'Y, or NEW YORK, N. Y. I I

i DISPLAY CABINET FOR Eves AND OTHER TEXTILE FABRICS f 1 Application filed March 31; 1932; Seria1-No. 602,155 Y 1 This invention relates to a. cabinet for facilitating display of rugs and other textile fabrics and has i for its. general object to select and exhibit a number of rugs from a quantity stored within acabinet, so that the selected rugs may .be compared with each other to assist a prospective purchaser in deciding which one'to buy. 1

v Heretofore in displaying rugs for sale they were usually arranged in piles on the floor and the salesman; and an assistant usually took hold of-the opposite corners of. each rug andturned it half 'over on the pile, to exhibit thevarious rugs one after another.

This; procedure requires considerable time and labor andfcannot permit of arranging a number of selected rugs in a row to be seen atone time for comparison.

The present invention aims to do away with the disadvantages of-the previous cumbersome method of handling and displaying rugs and in providin a more convenient,

modern and sanitary method.

. To these ends the invention further sists inthe novel details of construction and combination of parts morefully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out inthe claims.=.-

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification, in; which like numerals designate like parts. inall the views: I

. Figure l is a perspective View of the-disf for display therein.

Figure 2 is-a vertical broken longitudinal play cabinet with number of rugs shown sectionalview ofthe-cabinet on an enlarged scale. i V

Figure 3 isran enlarged longitudinal sectional view'takenv through the upper right side end portion of the cabinet, at. right angles to Figure2. 7

' Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line of Figure 3, looking in the; di- "rection of the arrowsfand I Figure 5 is a cross sectional-perspective view of one side of the cabinet taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2;

- Referring to the drawings in details "the cabinet 1 is-formed of L-s'haped skeleton steel frame construction 2 to provide a horizontal display section3 and averticallyarranged displaysection l. These. sections are left open at their top 5 and front 6 respectively;

9, back'lO, top. 11,:and bottom 12' by either wood or sheet imetalto provide a casing as shown. The vertical section .4. is" divided by a centralpartition l?) ,(see F ig. 2;) to pro} vide a front display section ll anda rear storage section 15; Within the opposite sides of the vertical sectionofthetframe, at the lower front portion is mounted a series of. drive shaftslGandin the upper front and rear portions of the frame isla'lso mounted aseries of shafts 17 and'18. 1 On eachof the and are enclosed at their sides 7 and 8, front shafts is mountedza'pair ofsprockets 19 located' adjacent the ends of the shafts.

Mounted within the casing is a plurality of rugcarriers 20, each of which is formedflof a pairof chains 21 arranged on the opposite side ends'of'the carrier for travelling-over 1 the sprockets 19 mounted in the upper end V of the casing and under the sprocketsl9 mounted in the lower end of thecasingo The chains areconnected by a series of spacedventing the rug from sagging between the bars whenthe rug is secured to the carrier.

' The ends of the cross-bars project' thro-ugh the chains to provide bearings for. rollers 24, which are adapted to travel" in channel guidebars 25 secured to theinner opposite ,sides of the horizontal, and vertical sections .Of the frame. These guide bars are provided for guiding the rug carriers in their 'path o f it r movement through the cabinet and for sup porting the rug carriers when inthe horizontalsection' of the casing, as shown.- The rugs '26 are mounted on the carriers in exitended position and aresecured to the outer surface of the carriersin anysuitableman ner. 7

suitable means maybe provided for operating the rug carriers; such as an electric motor, but in the drawings means for manual operation is shown. The'drive shafts 16 located in the-lower; front portion of the cabinet have their outer ends'f projecting 7 shown in-Figures.3*and: 4.

7 gears 29 and 30 to the (i i through one side of the casing and these ends are squared as at 27 to receive a suitable detachable crank-handle 28. When the handle is turned to convey a rug from itsstored to exhibiting position, or returned to its stored position,a chain and gear connection is employed for each of the rug carriers as In. moving through the cabinet the carrier travels over the upper sprockets and under the lower sprockets 19, and to provide for this opera-- tion a gear 29' is-mounted on the drive shaft 16 adjacent its end. This "gear is in'mesh with a gear 30 mounted on; astudshaftiil closed at its front by means of a curtain 35, herein shown of thespring actuated roll type, secured by brackets 36 to thefront top portion of the cabinet. I v I While-a series of only four rug carriersare shown, a larger number are employed so that the cabinet may contain a larger variety of rugs. for a prospective purchaser to select from. In exhibiting-a rug for display, the

' salesmanturns the crank handle toward the Y right, which causes thecarrier to first withdraw a rug from the storage compartment. During its travel the carrler 1s guided across I the top of the cabinetand then down into the first display section Where the rug is exhibited in a vertical position. A further operation of the handle then causes the carrler to travel in'its guides to the second display section where the rug is exhibited in a horizontal position. Tofreturnthe rug to the storage compartment, the crank-handleis operated in a reverse manner.

It is obviou'sthat certain changes may be made in details of construction and arrangement: of parts Without departing from the spirit of the invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such features, except as may be required bythe claims, I

What is'elaimed is:' j r i 1. 'In a display cabinetfor'rugs and other textile fabrics,'the combination of a casing having'vertically arranged sections one" of said-sections providing a rear storage compartment and the other providing an open front display compartment, a' plurality of independently operable rugcarriers, each of which is adapted to support arugin, extended position, 7 said rug carriersbeing mounted in S id c ne i i a p d r eli s ie emr partments and means for operating the car- 7 riers.

2. In a display cabinet for rugs and other textile fabrics,*the combination of a casing having vertically arrangedsections one of said sections providing arear storage com partment and the other providing an open front display compartment, guides mounted in said'compartments, a plurality ofindependently operable rug carriers, each of which is adapted to support a rug in extended position,.said rug carriers being. mounted in said'cas'ing andadapted to travel in said guides and means for operating the carriers.

3. In a'display cabinet for rugs and other textile fabrics, the combination of a casing having an opentop horizontal display section and an openfront verticaldisplay section, a

plurality ,ofindependently operable rug carriers, each of which is adapted to support a rug in extended position, said rug carriers being mounted in said casing and adapted to travel in said display. sections and means for y operating the carriers.-

' 4. In a display cabinetifor rugs and other textile fabrics, the combination of a casing havingan open top horizontal display'section andan open front vertical display section, guides mounted in said sections, a plurality of independently operable rug carriers, each of which is adapted tosupport arug in extenden position, said rug carriers being mounted in said casing and adapted to'travel in said guides and means for operating the carriers. 5-. In a display cabinet for rugs and'other textile fabrics,- the combination of a casing having an open top horizontal display section and an open front vertical display section, said vertical-section also provided with a storage compartment, a plurality of independently operable rug carriers, each of which is adapted to support a rug in extended position, said rug carriers being mounted in said casing and adapted to travel in said display sections and storage compartment and means-for operating thecarriers. I

6. In a display cabinet forrugs and other textile fabrics, the combination of a casing having an open top horizontal display section and an open front verticaldisplay section, s'aid'vertical section also provided with a storage compartment, guides secured to the lnner opposite s'ide's'of said sections and storage compartment, .a plurality of independentlyo'perable'rug carriers each of which is adapted to support a rug in extended position,fsaid rug carriers" being mounted in said casing andadapted to travel in said guides and means for operating the carriers.

Q "71 Infa display cabinet for rugs and other textile fabrics the combination of a casing having a storage compartment andan open front display compartment, 7 guides mounted i v s d ins P Q k6t.,;W m un e on the inner opposite sides of said casing, 'a'plurality of independently operable rug carriers mounted in the casing, each of which comprises a series of cross-bars and chains mount ed on the ends of said bars for travelling over the sprockets, each of said carriers adapted to support a rug in extended position and to' travel in said guides and meansfor operating thecarriers. o 8. In a display cabinet for rugs and other textile fabrics, the combination of a casing having an open top horizontal display section and an open front vertical vdisplay section, said vertical section provided with a storage compartment, guides mounted in said casing,

sprocket wheels mounted on the inner opposite sides of said casing, a plurality of independently-operable rug carriers, mounted in the casing, each of which comprises a series of cross-bars and chains mounted on the ends of the bars for travelling over said sprockets, each of said carriers adapted to support a rug in extended position and to travel in said guides and means for operating the carriers. In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature. o

ALFRED J. 

